Prevent and address harassment and sexual misconduct

This consultation is currently paused – it will be relaunched in January 2021.

Students should know how they can report incidents of harassment and sexual misconduct. They should also feel confident and supported when they do and know that their complaints will be addressed effectively.

Consultation

This consultation sets out proposals for how we will regulate harassment and sexual misconduct affecting students in higher education providers.

The consultation covers two broad sets of proposals:

A statement of expectations
We have set out how we expect providers to prevent harassment and sexual misconduct and how they should address it when it occurs. We propose that all higher education providers should meet or exceed these expectations.
Handling complaints
We have proposed how we will assess providers, where we have evidence that they have not addressed incidents of harassment and sexual misconduct.

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Published 09 January 2020
Last updated 18 March 2020 + show all updates

18 March 2020: Consultation paused
16 March 2020: Deadline extended to 5 June 2020

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